The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... young daughter acting against her father , and love , beauty , happiness , and good- ness are all on her side . It is a romance theme which is constantly repeated . In Masuccio's 14th Novella , which is a possible source for Jessica's ...
... young daughter acting against her father , and love , beauty , happiness , and good- ness are all on her side . It is a romance theme which is constantly repeated . In Masuccio's 14th Novella , which is a possible source for Jessica's ...
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... young Master Launcelot ? [ Aside . ] 45 Mark me now , now will I raise the waters ; -talk you of young Master Launcelot ? Gob . No " master " sir , but a poor man's son , —his father ( though I say't ) is an honest exceeding poor man ...
... young Master Launcelot ? [ Aside . ] 45 Mark me now , now will I raise the waters ; -talk you of young Master Launcelot ? Gob . No " master " sir , but a poor man's son , —his father ( though I say't ) is an honest exceeding poor man ...
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... young - ey'd ] i.e. , with sight ever young ; Verity compared Ezekiel , i . 18 and x . 12. Their power of sight is alluded to in Troil . , 111. ii . 74-5 , Mac . , 1. vii . 22-4 , and Ham . , Iv . iii . 50 . 63-5 . Such ... it ] i.e. ...
... young - ey'd ] i.e. , with sight ever young ; Verity compared Ezekiel , i . 18 and x . 12. Their power of sight is alluded to in Troil . , 111. ii . 74-5 , Mac . , 1. vii . 22-4 , and Ham . , Iv . iii . 50 . 63-5 . Such ... it ] i.e. ...
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